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RICHARD LAWRENCE DEMUTH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1949 – April 28, 1971
Service recordRichard Lawrence Demuth, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 16
- BENJAMIN GAINES LANGFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1971
- LAWRENCE RAY PEELSpecialist Four · April 28, 1971
- GERALD CALVIN SEYBOLDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 28, 1971
- DAVID WARREN WINDSOR JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1971
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.